| Two Former FDNY Officials
Indicted for Bribes Now Cordasco
Pleads Guilty as Bahi Arrested
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Oct 8 – Amid the scandals
swirling around NYC Mayor Eric
Adams and his inner circle, on
September 16 SDNY US Attorney
Damian Williams announced two
indictments, limited to the
FDNY.
"Anthony
Saccavino and Brian Cordasco,
two former chiefs of the New
York City Fire Department
Bureau of Fire Prevention, are
charged with bribery,
corruption, and false
statements offenses… in
connection with a scheme to
solicit and accept tens of
thousands of dollars in bribe
payments in exchange for
providing preferential
treatment to certain
individuals and companies with
matters pending before the
BFP."
At a press
conference in 26 Federal
Plaza, Williams declined to
comment on requests to City
Hall; he said one Henry
Santiago Jr. is cooperation in
this
investigation.
Inner City Press
covered the presentment, then
separate arraignment:
Both defendants
are being released today on
$250,000 unsecured bond, 2
co-signers each, no
communications with
co-defendants or Santiago Jr
without lawyers present. Turn
in guns in 24 hours...
Now at
arraignment of FDNY duo before
Distrct Judge. Both plead not
guilty. AUSA: There are
3 terabytes of discovery,
iCloud accounts. We'd like 2
months to produce discovery,
conference in 90 days.
Judge Lewis J.
Liman: I'll set a trial date
at that time - December 17 at
11 am.
Defense (lawyer
of Cordasco) Sounds
reasonable. (Saccavino's)
Works for me
On October
2, Judge Liman set a change of
plea proceeding for Brian
Cordasco on October 8 at 10
am.
Inner City Press
went to and live tweeted the
guilty plea - while another
City Hall arrest was
announced. Thread:
All rise! Judge:
Is there an application?
Defense: Mr. Cordasco wants to
plead guilty. Judge: Let me
ask you about yourself.
Cordasco: 50, BA from
Fairfield University -- Judge:
Where is that? Cordasco:
Connecticut.
Judge: The
maximum penalty is 5 years in
prison.Judge: There is,
however, a written plea
agreement. It has a stipulated
sentencing guideline range of
87 to 108 month - but it's
capped at 60 months.
Judge: Tell
me what you did. Cordasco:
Between 2021 and 2023 I
received more than $5000 to
expedite in FDNY. AUSA: He
conspired with Mr. Saccavino
and Henry Santiago Jr
Judge: I accept
the guilty plea. Sentencingdue
to defense counsel medical
issue, sentencing moved back
to February 19, 2025, which
Judge calls a hard date, not
to be changed.
See also, nnewly
arrested Eric Adams (ex)
staffer Mohamed Bahi too
More / analysis
on X for Subscribers here
and on Substack here
Inner City Press
is on the case(s). Watch this
site.
This case
is US v. Saccavino, et al.,
24-cr-537 (Liman)
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